MusicRow held it’s 28th Annual MusicRow Awards at BMI on Wednesday (June 29) in front of a packed house. The 2016 awards honored MusicRow‘s Top 10 Album All-Star Musicians for playing on the most top 10 albums during the awards timeframe in addition to the reader-voted Breakthrough Artist and Songwriter and Producer and Song of the Year.

Big Yellow Dog’s Carla Wallace (R) surprises her writer Maren Morris (L) with a plaque commemorating a No. 1 country album debut, along with its lead single achieving gold. Photo: Moments By Moser Photography

Kent Earls offers remarks for publishing MusicRow‘s 2016 Song of the Year, “Humble and Kind.” Photo: Moments By Moser Photography

Will Hitchcock accepts Old Dominion’s Artist of the Year plaque for winning MusicRow‘s 2016 Breakthrough Artist of the Year, in addition to accepting a MusicRow No. 1 Challenge Coin for “Snapback.” Photo: Moments By Moser Photography

Album Releases

September 13Brett Young/The Acoustic Sessions [EP]/BMLG RecordsThe Lumineers
/III/DualtoneVarious/Country Music – A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [2CD, 2LP and digital configurations]/LegacyGeorge Strait/Strait Out of the Box: Part 1 [Walmart re-issue]/MCA Records NashvilleHailey Whitters/The Days